Last June, when I wrote “Nelson Mandela Will Always Be With Us” [link], it was with the expectation of his imminent passing. As you most likely know, Mandela died last week and the burial will be held 15 December [link]. The more formal eulogies started...
I consider the special task force at MIT that I described in Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series to be a special event, mainly because it could affect all of education in multiple (and tangible) ways. It shows real leadership vision. For my final post in this...
Michael Horn, the co-founder and executive director of education practice at Innosight Institute, and Clayton Christensen, the well-known Harvard prof and innovation expert, have a great post on MOOCs that you should read — especially if you are in any way...
Education has so far avoided the kind of major disruptions we have seen in the media and publishing businesses — or the music and travel industries (to name just a few). Why? Simple, inertia. In secondary education (K-12 in the US) it has been the teacher’s unions...
